January302010

And when Edwards impregnated Hunter, Young said he agreed to the senator’s request to lie and say he was the father even though Young, himself, was married with three children.

Young said he told his wife about agreeing to Edwards’ request as the couple drove through a McDonald’s drive through to pick up food for their son.

“After I finally got to holler for Chicken McNuggets with chocolate milk and the right toy, I turned to Cheri and in the time it took us to reach window number one (where you give them the money), I said, ‘Edwards wants me to say I’m the father of Rielle’s baby, and then Fred’s gonna fly us off to someplace where we can all hide,’ ” Young said.

From new book The Politician by John Edwards’ former aide, Mark Preston.

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